2022–23 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
2022–23 season
Owner	Nenking Group
Chairman	Frankie Yau
Manager	Olivier Guegan
Stadium	Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 2	9th (demoted)
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ibrahim Sissoko (12); All: ; Moussa Doumbia (13)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 95th in the history of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and their 11th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players

As of 25 July 2022.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	NGA	Valentine Ozornwafor (on loan from Charleroi)
4	DF	SEN	Abdallah Ndour
5	DF	MAR	Saad Agouzoul
6	MF	FRA	Roli Pereira de Sa
7	MF	FRA	Tony Mauricio
8	MF	SEN	Joseph Lopy
9	FW	FRA	Ibrahim Sissoko
10	MF	FRA	Gaëtan Weissbeck (captain)
11	FW	FRA	Maxime Do Couto
14	MF	FRA	Rassoul Ndiaye
15	FW	COD	Aldo Kalulu
16	GK	FRA	Maxence Prévot
17	MF	FRA	Adrien Delphis
18	DF	FRA	Yoël Armougom
19	DF	FRA	Daylam Meddah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	MLI	Sambou Yatabaré
21	FW	ESP	Eliezer Mayenda
22	DF	FRA	Ismaël Aaneba
23	MF	ALG	Samy Faraj
24	MF	FRA	Malcolm Viltard
26	FW	FRA	Alan Virginius
27	FW	FRA	Hermann Tebily
28	DF	FRA	Julien Faussurier
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Henry
30	GK	ALG	Mehdi Jeannin
50	GK	FRA	Manu Agro
70	FW	MLI	Moussa Doumbia
77	MF	SEN	Franck Kanouté (on loan from Cercle Brugge)
80	MF	FRA	Skelly Alvero
95	MF	FRA	Younès Kaabouni

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2022 Friendly	Sochaux	3–1	UNFP	Delle
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Fromentaux

12 July 2022 Friendly	Bourg-en-Bresse	0–0	Sochaux	Aix-les-Bains
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal Jacques Forestier

16 July 2022 Friendly	Stade Nyonnais	1–4	Sochaux	Nyon
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre

23 July 2022 Friendly	Metz	1–0	Sochaux	Metz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jallow 2'			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

8 December 2022 Friendly	Reims	3–0	Sochaux	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

17 December 2022 Friendly	Lyon	1–1	Sochaux	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Terrain d’Honneur Gérard Houllier

20 December 2022 Friendly	Clermont	0–1	Sochaux	TBD
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	1 August 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	9th	38	15	7	16	54	41	+13	039.47
Coupe de France	29 October 2022	19 November 2022	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	050.00
Total					40	16	8	16	59	43	+16	040.00

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
7	Paris FC	38	15	10	13	45	43	+2	55
8	Saint-Étienne	38	15	11	12	63	57	+6	53^[a]
9	Sochaux (R)	38	15	7	16	54	41	+13	52	Relegation to Championnat National
10	Grenoble	38	14	9	15	33	36	−3	51
11	Quevilly-Rouen	38	12	14	12	47	49	−2	50

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Saint-Étienne were deducted three points for a pitch invasion during their relegation play-off the previous season.^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	7	16	54	41	+13	52	9	4	6	31	18	+13	6	3	10	23	23	0

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L
Position	9	16	17	14	6	6	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

1 August 2022 1	Sochaux	0–0	Paris FC	Montbéliard
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,647 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 August 2022 2	Grenoble	1–0	Sochaux	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanyang 55'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 4,589 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

13 August 2022 3	Sochaux	0–1	Amiens	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Fofana 71'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 10,263 Referee: Rémi Landry

20 August 2022 4	Pau	0–3	Sochaux	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weissbeck 33' Sissoko 74' Do Couto 78'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Gaël Angoula

27 August 2022 5	Sochaux	3–0	Niort	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 16' Kaboré 62' (o.g.) Kalulu 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

30 August 2022 6	Guingamp	1–2	Sochaux	Guingamp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemonnier 21'	Report	N'Dour 37' Doumbia 80'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 8,136 Referee: Pierre Legat

2 September 2022 7	Sochaux	4–1	Laval	Montbéliard
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Weissbeck 45+2' Doumbia 71' Mauricio 80' Do Couto 82'	Report	Maggiotti 28'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 9,311 Referee: William Toulliou

10 September 2022 8	Dijon	0–2	Sochaux	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 35' Coulibaly 90+4'	Report	Ndour 14' Sissoko 26' Doumbia 55' Do Couto 84' Agouzoul 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,004 Referee: Remi Landry

17 September 2022 9	Sochaux	3–1	Nîmes	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 20' 34' 53' Mauricio 22'	Report	N'Guessan 4' 76'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,287 Referee: Florent Batta

1 October 2022 10	Valenciennes	2–1	Sochaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaba 15' Cuffaut 25' (pen.) Diliberto 58' 90+4' Picouleau 60' Innocenti 72'	Report	Kalulu 31' Ndiaye 70' Do Couto 89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,704 Referee: Pierre Legat

10 October 2022 11	Sochaux	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Montbéliard
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Agouzoul 3' Weissbeck 40' Doumbia 45+1' 48' Aaneba 56' Faussurier 66'	Report	Sergi Palencia 19' Giraudon 36' Krasso 69' (pen.) 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,205 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

15 October 2022 12	Metz	0–0	Sochaux	Longeville-lès-Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jallow 10'	Report	Weissbeck 19'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Romain Lissorgue

22 October 2022 13	Sochaux	2–2	Quevilly-Rouen	Montbéliard
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aaneba 29' Sissoko 57' (pen.) 90+5' (pen.) Ndiaye 80'	Report	Ben Youssef 32' 45' Sissoko 35' Soumaré 56' 71'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

5 November 2022 14	Annecy	2–1	Sochaux	Annecy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baldé 71' Mouanga 81'	Report	Sissoko 7' Prévot 77' Armougom 77' Aaneba 80' Henry 86'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 6,145 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 November 2022 15	Sochaux	1–0	Bastia	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissoko 38' (pen.) Faussurier 42' Kanouté 70' Alvero 90+4'	Report	Guidi 20' Ducrocq 24' Sainati 37' Van Den Kerkhof 45'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,175 Referee: Remi Landry

26 December 2022 16	Sochaux	1–0	Rodez	Montbéliard
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agouzoul 49' Kalulu 73'	Report	Senaya 59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,719 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

30 December 2022 17	Bordeaux	2–1	Sochaux	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maja 30' Davitashvili 32' Bakwa 62' Delaurier-Chaubet 74'	Report	Kanouté 59' Yatabaré 81' Do Couto 90+2' Prévot 90+3'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 22,363 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

10 January 2023 18	Le Havre	1–0	Sochaux	Le Havre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sangante 67' Alvero 76' (o.g.)	Report	Agouzoul 13' Alvero 49' Doumbia 82' Aaneba 88' Kanouté 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Aurélien Petit

20 January 2023 19	Sochaux	1–2	Caen	Montbéliard
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 8' Kanouté 26' Aaneba 76'	Report	Daubin 58' Mendy 64' Brahimi 89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,771 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

28 January 2023 20	Saint-Étienne	2–3	Sochaux	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bamba 44' Krasso 50' Charbonnier 57', 78'	Report	Mauricio 3' Faussurier 36' Weissbeck 38' Ndiaye 75' Dossou 89' Sissoko 90+4', 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 18,041 Referee: Mikael Lesage

31 January 2023 21	Sochaux	4–0	Valenciennes	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linguet 14' (o.g.) Mauricio 20' Doumbia 51', 64' Dossou 87'	Report	Picouleau 16' Touré 49'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,623 Referee: Olivier Thual

3 February 2022 (2022-02-03) 22	Rodez	1–2	Sochaux	Rodez
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Depres 41' Boma 78'	Report	Doumbia 11' Sissoko 17', 79'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,300 Referee: William Toulliou

11 February 2023 23	Sochaux	1–1	Le Havre	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Henry 10' Kalulu 87' Weissbeck 90+14'	Report	Sangante 4' Lekhal 34' Desmas 75' Mahmoud 90+10'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,203 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 24	Quevilly-Rouen	0–0	Sochaux	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soumaré 61' Pendant 65' Ben Youssef 90+2'	Report	Ndour 14' Le Tallec 52' Sissoko 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 25	Sochaux	5–1	Annecy	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 2', 38' Weissbeck 17' Mauricio 58' Mayenda 90+2'	Report	Lajugie 35' Sahi 63'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 10,645 Referee: Mikael Lesage

6 March 2023 26	Caen	0–0	Sochaux	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Court 29' Cissé 54'	Report	Weissbeck 55'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,125 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 27	Sochaux	1–1	Bordeaux	Montbéliard
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 40' Doumbia 63' Aaneba 90+4'	Report	Bakwa 30' N'Simba 75' Badji 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 18,835 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Sochaux	1–0	Grenoble	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 42' Kanouté 82' Kalulu 88'	Report	Perez 18' Maubleu 50' Ba 61' Sanyang 71'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Bastia	3–2	Sochaux	Furiani
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alfarela 11' Salles-Lamonge 35' Ndiaye 43' Ducrocq 67' Magri 73' Santelli 75' Djoco 76'	Report	Sissoko 29' Kalulu 32'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 11,686 Referee: Olivier Thual

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Niort	0–3	Sochaux	Niort
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaboré 48'	Report	Doumbia 4' Sissoko 29' Ndiaye 40' Agouzoul 48'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 31	Sochaux	2–3	Pau	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kalulu 34' Weissbeck 45' Mauricio 54', 58' Faussurier 77' Alvero 90+3'	Report	Sylvestre 10' D'Almeida 28' Begraoui 32', 90+6' (pen.) Boisgard 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,858 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 32	Laval	2–1	Sochaux	Laval
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elisor 7' Baldé 24' Bobichon 29'	Report	Aaneba 12' Kanouté 50' Doumbia 85'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 7,771 Referee: Karim Abed

1 May 2023 (2023-05-01) 33	Sochaux	0–2	Dijon	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meddah 13' Kanouté 48' Ndiaye 90+1' Kalulu 90+3'	Report	Thioune 24' Aké 33' Ahlinvi 39' Congré 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 10,577 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06) 34	Amiens	1–0	Sochaux	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bandé 56' Ring 65' Ilenikhena 76'	Report	Doumbia 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,407 Referee: William Touillou

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 35	Sochaux	0–1	Guingamp	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 34' Makosso 90+7'	Report	Guillaume 61' Sivis 77' Picard 90'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 10,144 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 36	Paris FC	2–1	Sochaux	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilavogui 60', 81' Hamel 90'	Report	Alvero 27', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

26 May 2023 37	Sochaux	0–1	Metz	Montbéliard
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Meddah 8' Alvero 61' Agouzoul 67'	Report	Sabaly 49'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,714 Referee: Aurélien Petit

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 38	Nîmes	3–1	Sochaux	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 9', 75' Fofana 45' Megier 82' Saïd 86'	Report	Sissoko 29' Meddah 40' Galves 85'	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,143 Referee: William Toulliou

Coupe de France

29 October 2022 Seventh round	Sochaux	3–0	SSEP Hombourg-Haut	Montbéliard
14:00 CET	Doumbia 72' (pen.) 90' Do Couto 79'	Report	Anthony Babit 28' Abdalali Ezzaitouni 69' Khalid Babaya 69'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 6,139 Referee: Thomas Vincent

19 November 2022 Eighth round	Thaon	2–2 (3–1 p)	Sochaux	Thaon-les-Vosges
17:00 CET	Diego Alves 22' Loris Petitpain 40' 58' Yohan Dufour 56' Tom Condi 86' 90'	Report	Meddah 6' Mauricio 21' (pen.) 84' Do Couto 33' Armougom 44' 48' Ndour 80'	Stadium: Stade Robert Sayer Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

References

^ "Effectif". Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Saint-Etienne get three-point deduction and four-game stadium ban for crowd trouble". 23 June 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[table_hth_STE0.70136385583382-3] Saint-Étienne were deducted three points for a pitch invasion during their relegation play-off the previous season.^[2]

[1] "Effectif". Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[2] "Saint-Etienne get three-point deduction and four-game stadium ban for crowd trouble". 23 June 2022.

[4] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

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